Emotion Quote by Tim Wu

No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed. ... He was a great psychologist.

— Wilhelm Keitel

Hitler understood the demagogues' essential principle to teach or persuade is far more difficult than to stir emotion.

— Tim Wu

Hitler frequently demonstrated diffidence and unease in dealings with individuals which contrasted diametrically with his self-confident mastery in exploiting the emotions of his listeners…

— Ian Kershaw

“Say the very simplest and most obvious things, say them as often as possible, and put into the saying all the screaming passion which…

— Upton Sinclair

[Adolf Hitler] was an emotional man, he had tremendous highs and he could get low as well, I've seen it.

— Gretl Braun

“ Hitler reacted primarily in a sadistic fashion toward people, but masochistically toward fate, history, the “higher power” of nature.”

— Erich Fromm

Hitler repeatedly stressed that one could not get at the masses with arguments, proofs, and knowledge, but only with feelings and beliefs.

— Wilhelm Reich

Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.

— Boris Johnson

“Hitler was a lunatic, a leader whose lowbrow appeal to people’s most selfish, self-pitying emotions and ignorance was an embarrassment for their country.”

— Jessica Shattuck

“In spite of all the terrible things that happened to me, I did not allow Hitler to make me feel less than human. I…

— Jack Mandelbaum

To understand Hitler's power as a speaker, we must consider that he was not just the bellowing tavern demagogue we always picture, but in…

— Volker Ullrich

[Adolf Hitler] tried to make people feel at ease, he made that effort.

— Gretl Braun